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4-day working week campaign gets backing from 100 firms in UK

LONDON: A group campaigning for a four-day working week on Monday announced that it had hit a milestone of 100 UK companies who have signed up to the scheme, which allows employees to work four days instead of the traditional five without impacting their pay. The 4 Day Week Campaign said the 100 companies employ around 2,600 staff and cover a range of sectors from marketing to banking. A global Pilot Programme being run by the group is aimed at measuring productivity and wellbeing of staff over six months as they work one day less on the understanding of delivering similar results. “In order to achieve four-day week accreditation, employers must be able to confirm they have permanently reduced its full-time hours, with no loss of pay for workers, to either: a 32-hour or less four-day week (gold standard) or a 35-hour or less four-day week (silver standard),” it said.

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